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Law of Triviality

General Thinking & Meta-Models · C. Northcote Parkinson / Poul-Henning Kamp

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Organizations give disproportionate weight to trivial issues because they are easy to understand, while neglecting complex, consequential decisions.

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Faster Than Normal. “Law of Triviality Mental Model.” fasterthannormal.co/mental-models/law-of-triviality. Accessed 2026.

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